One of my favorite Catskill trips. I've done it in both directions. Incredible views all along the route.
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One of my favorite Catskill trips. I've done it in both directions. Incredible views all along the route.
My second time here and both times there was only one other camper. I liked my site because it had a flat area next to the water with a great view. I've camped on a few sites on adjacent, Little...
A solo, four day and three night paddle camping trip at Round Lake in the Adirondacks. I had been to Round Lake before and was hoping to bag what I thought was the nicest the campsite on the lake,...
One of my best backpacking experiences ever was at Pharaoh Lake. It was slightly crowded but we had a great campsite with an awesome view of the lake and most of the campers were on the other side. ...
I've been hammock camping for about 8 years and currently have a Warbonnet XLC. For most of this time I've used a sleeping bag with a Thermarest Base Camp pad and that took me down to the 30's...
Thanks for the input.
I've always used cord to tie the corners of my tarps to the stakes, but it seems a lot of YouTube videos show people using bungee lines for tie downs. One mentioned that the stretch in a bungee can...
I carry my tarp and hammock separately for the reason you mentioned. Wet tarp and dry hammock packed together soon means wet hammock. The WB hammock bag isn't exactly a snakeskin, but it is open at...
Nothing like a so called expert who knows absolutely nothing whatsoever about the subject she is discussing.
I had the olive green Blackbirds with the old WB Majajamba digital camo pattern tarps. Oddly enough that old camo pattern Mamajamba stuck out like a sore thumb in most situations. When my ex wife...
I have a failry wide and thick "basecamp" Thermarest that I use in my hammock. I like that because it is wide it wraps around my shoulders and I don't get a cold spot there. I've slept in 30 degree...
I have nothing but mummy bags. A 30 degree bag, a -20 bag and a summer bag. When in a hammock I've always used them partially unzipped as a sort of top quilt. That was even before I ever heard of a...
I recently ordered two Superflys. I looked at others such as the Winter Dream, Winter Palace, etc. Once I started with the add ons they were nearly $100 more than the Superfly. Nice tarps I'm...
I was campiing with a group and some had cuben tarps. Even though I wasn't sleeping under one, I could hear the noise in the rain from the others even though they were 20-50+ feet away I found it...
It will definitely work. As others mentioned there is a noise factor. I've also found they tend to devlop a lot of pinholes after several foldings. for one trip it might be a good solution but I...
Check Campmor. They have poles in all sizes.
The 12 ft Noah's Tarp has a lot of coverage. Unless there is some reallly bad weather in the forecast I would pitch it with plenty of overhead room.
I never had a problem with ants but I always spray the bottom of the hammock with Permethtrin. If a few mosquitoes die, all the better.
Looks like a large version of the old Space Blanket. The Space Blanket is smaller and lighter though.
The ENO bug net worked OK for me before I went Warbonnet and isn't too expensive.
About two years ago I converted all of my knots and hardware to NiteIze CamJams. At first I tied the guy lines to the tarp and made a loop at the stakes with the CamJams,using them to adjust the...
I'm a long time backpacker and canoe camper. My then wife had a bad back and camping became increasingly difficult for her. We tried thicker backpads and inflatables such as Big Agnes, but...
I have always wanted to do this trip. I may very well be in
Thanks for the responses.
So it's just a matter of added heat retention and not weatherproofing?
I have the Warbonnet Blackbird and love it, but I've read a lot of good things about the Dream Hammock and was considering buying one. I like the customization options. My question is about the...
I have the camo silnylon tarp from Warbonnet Outdoors. One thing I noticed was that rather than hiding our hammocks, the tarp caused them to stand out distinctly. We were camped on the shore of a...
Dutch clips? Which of the two setups do you consider to be the stock straps?
I've seen videos of both in action. It seems almost hands down that the adj webbing is way easier even though it is a few oz heavier. I doubt however that they would offer the line strap option...